British Airways pilot caused plane to catch fire after mixing up left and right

Plane fire at Gatwick Airport broke out after pilot mixed up left and right hands, report finds

Around 334 passengers and 13 crew members were onboard the Boeing 777 jet when its brakes overheated on the runway last June. No injuries were reported.

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Some 334 passengers and 13 crew were on board the plane.A British Airways plane caught fire after a pilot mixed up his left and right hands, an investigatio ...

Gatwick Airport closed after jet caught fire when 'pilot mixed up left & right'

A report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) found that the incident on June 28, which closed Gatwick for 50 minutes, was avoidable

British Airways plane catches fire after pilot 'mixes up left and right'

The airline had issued a safety notice four days before

Investigators have determined that a plane aborted takeoff on the runway at Gatwick Airport after the co-pilot mixed up his left and right hands.